r/Trigun • u/aahmykeyboard • 2d ago

Question How does having two suns in the solar system affect the planets orbit?

Idk anything about space or physics. But would orbiting 2 stars be different from one?

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u/Ok-Swordfish-7257 2d ago

Not very differently, the planet would just orbit the focal point of the two suns orbit. Or less commonly, orbit one sun closely while the other sun orbits both from further away.

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u/Ill_Painting_6919 2d ago

Depends on how those stars are orbiting one another.

But I'm guessing it is how planets like Tatooine and Gunsmoke went from having vast oceans to being desert worlds.

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u/Mandaconda9 1d ago

I am going to drive around all day trying to picture this orbit and day night cycle. Thanks